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Finder relaunch not working2/14/2024 ![]() The options available differ depending on the keyboard input locale that the user has selected. The use of the Option key is similar to that of the AltGr key on European keyboards of IBM-compatible PCs, in the sense that it can be used to type additional characters, symbols and diacritical marks. Use of the Option key Alternative keyboard input In this regard, it is akin to the AltGr key, found on some IBM-compatible PC keyboards. It is not used to access menus or hotkeys but is instead used as a modifier for other command codes, as well as to provide easier access to various accents and symbols. The Option key in a Mac operating system functions differently from the Alt key under other Unix-like systems or Microsoft Windows. Since the 1990s, "alt" has sometimes appeared on the key as well, for use as an Alt key with non-Mac software, such as Unix and Windows programs as of 2017, the newest Apple keyboards such as the Magic Keyboard no longer include the "alt" label. From 1980 to 1984, on the Apple II series, this key was known as the closed apple key, and had a black line drawing of a filled-in apple on it. (As of 2005, some laptops had only one to make room for the arrow keys.)Īpple commonly uses the symbol U+2325 ⌥ OPTION KEY to represent the Option key. There are two Option keys on modern (as of 2020) Mac desktop and notebook keyboards, one on each side of the space bar. It is located between the Control key and the Command key on a typical Mac keyboard. The Option key, ⌥, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. One note that is interesting and consistent with my (un)mount issues is that after a relaunch, Finder will respond to a right-click more immediately, but if I try to open the program again, the hanging occurs.The Option key may be labeled Alt, Option, ⌥, or any combination thereof. I have tried the Command+Option+Esc method, just as I have been Right-Clicking the dock icon, waiting for a small delay, holding Option, and selecting Relaunch from either place, in the dialog or pop-up context menu. The Disk Utility GUI does not show this mounted remote share, and I'm not sure that it would anyway, but just checked. ![]() Umount(/Volumes/share): Resource busy - try 'diskutil unmount' Map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, on /Volumes/share (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by user) Map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse) Map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) I think my problem is that I was mounting a remote share that never succeeded, or did, and Finder is just having trouble trying to communicate with it. I may try the Terminal method to see if removing the plist file helps, only after making a backup of course, and if not, reboot, and that will likely help. Just trying to open/relaunch it cases it to never appear and show the spinning color wheel.Īs a common search result in Google, there is point in replying to this post □ ![]() I'm not sure if the last few steps have anything to do with it or if it was just a matter of waiting.but you might want to try all that just in case.Īs an example, my Finder is in no state to be normally removing files. About 5-10 minutes after going through those steps, the finder folders and all my files finally reappeared. It still didn't work immediately after a full shut down and restart, but I relaunched finder a few times, made sure that under "Options" it was set to "This Desktop", and then eventually a menu appeared that allowed me to "Go to" a specific folder. This moves the plist file to a file called preferences on the desktop, so I can always restore it if necessary. Mv ~/Library/Preferences/ ~/Desktop/preferences But if you don't want to go about removing files from terminal, you can just move them (so they are still accessible in case something goes wrong). ![]() If none of the other non-terminal steps work (they didn't for me because I couldn't even access the Finder application), then Terminal is the way to go.
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